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Of late there has developed another conception of faith. This is suggested by the
words of an American thinker : "Faith is tendency toward action." According to
such a view, faith is the matrix of formulated creeds and the inspiration of
endeavor.
Of late there has developed another conception of faith. This is suggested by the
words of an American thinker : "Faith is tendency toward action." According to
such a view, faith is the matrix of formulated creeds and the inspiration of
endeavor.
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But faith in it is neither a ream nor a demonstrated failure. It is a faith. Realization
_ faith, so that we may work in larger measure by sight things achieved, is in the
future. But the conception of it _ s a possibility when it is worked out in a coherent
...
But faith in it is neither a ream nor a demonstrated failure. It is a faith. Realization
_ faith, so that we may work in larger measure by sight things achieved, is in the
future. But the conception of it _ s a possibility when it is worked out in a coherent
...
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Belief is faith in something that is known ; faith is belief in something that is not
known. In my own credo there are few articles of faith ; in fact, I have been quite
unable, in ten days and nights of prayer and self-examination, to discover a
single ...
Belief is faith in something that is known ; faith is belief in something that is not
known. In my own credo there are few articles of faith ; in fact, I have been quite
unable, in ten days and nights of prayer and self-examination, to discover a
single ...
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